Big Data has become a hot topic in all contexts, and particularly in the geospatial world. Georeferenced data has grown exponentially in the last years, and large efforts are being done to extract the most out of the massive amount of geodata currently available.
This presentation discusses how Big Data might not be ‘per se’ as useful as perceived, and how its usage can even have negative consecuences. Ideas and suggestions for correctly combining Big Data with other volumes of data are also introduced.
This presentation also discusses the role that Open Source software should play in this context, and how the Open Source model fits into the new data reality
